Efficacy of a school-based primary prevention program for coping with exposure to political violence

International Journal of Behavioral Development - Tập 32 Số 4 - Trang 348-358 - 2008
Michelle Slone1, Anat Shoshani1
1Adler Center for the Study of Development and Psychopathology, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Tóm tắt

A paradigm conceptualizing resilience as factors moderating between political violence exposure and psychological distress administered in a 7-year research project yielded a profile of factors promoting Israeli children's coping in conflict conditions. Three factors — social support mobilization, selfefficacy, and meaning attribution — were incorporated into a school-based primary intervention program. In a repeated measures design, the study assessed pre to post-test modifications in the three resilience factors and psychological distress in a primary and control intervention condition and the interaction of actual political violence exposure on distress reduction. Results validated modification only of the mobilization of support factor, but nonetheless confirmed the primary program's efficacy in moderating psychological distress particularly among children with low actual political violence exposure, who showed greater distress increases in the control condition. Findings reinforce the educational system's role in promoting resilience among children in conflict environments.

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